1. One-Page Handout
Jumpstart to Success
Spring 2009 Conference
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Indiana Farm Bureau, Indianapolis, IN
Title of Session: Employment Screening Methods: What Works Best?
Presenter: Mike Williamson, MS, SPHR
Career Center
Indiana State University
Phone: (812) 237-3807
E-Mail: mwilliamso1@isugw.indstate.edu
http://www.indstate.edu/carcen/default.aspx
Description of Presentation: From 37-years of recruiting and screening thousand of job candidates as a Human Resources
professional for large manufacturing companies, I came to realize the great harm that is done when a hiring error is made. It
harms the candidate who fails in the job, the co-workers who must suffer from a team member who doesn’t perform up to par,
and the organization which is relying on me to improve workforce performance. As a consequence, I have spent a career
researching which selection tools work and which ones don’t work.
Objectives/Benefits/Outcomes of Presentation: Employers will benefit from gaining insight into the best methods for
screening college students and the career service professionals will gain a greater understanding of how recruiters screen
college students for employment.
Resource List
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Booklet
Test Center The Nine Most Common Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid
Katie Campbell Them, HR Chally
pan - A TALX Company ISU Career Center Website:
11590 North Meridian Street Suite 200 http://www.indstate.edu/carcen/misc/mike/Booklet-Most
Carmel, IN 46032 USA Common Hiring Mistakes
(317) 814-8895 Direct
kcampbell@panpowered.com
www.panpowered.com
U.S. Office of Personnel Management SHRM Interview Questions Database
Personnel Assessment and Selection Resource Center ISU Career Center Website:
http://apps.opm.gov/ADT/Content.aspx?page=home http://www.indstate.edu/carcen/misc/mike
Plan Your Recruiting to Ensure Successful Duke University Job Analysis Questionnaire
Candidate Selection ISU Career Center Website:
Susan Heathfield http://www.indstate.edu/carcen/misc/mikeDuke Job Analysis
http://humanresources.about.com/od/recruiting/a/recruiting_ Questionnaire
plan.htm
SHRM Recruiting Toolkit Favorite Books
SHRM Members Only Hiring Success: The art and Science of Staffing Assessment
http://shrm.org/TemplatesTools/Toolkits/Pages/CMS_010589 and Employee Selection, by Steven T. Hunt, Ph.D., SPHR,
.aspx 2007
Testing & Assessment - An Employer's Guide Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching,
U.S. Department of Labor and Keeping the Best People, Revised and Updated Edition by
ISU Career Center Website: Bradford D. Smart, Ph.D., 2005
http://www.indstate.edu/carcen/misc/mike/Testing &
Assessment - An Employer's Guide
Research Report PowerPoint Presentation from Conference
Schmidt, F. L., & Hunter, J. E. (1998). The Validity and Utility ISU Career Center Website:
of Selection Methods in Personnel Psychology: Practical and http://www.indstate.edu/carcen/misc/mikeCDPI ICICE
Theoretical Implications of 85 Years of Research Findings, PowerPoint-Selection
Psychological Bulletin, 1998, Vol. 124, No. 2, 262-274